Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth, the Energy Department cleanup contractor at the former gaseous diffusion plant site in Pike County, Ohio, pocketed 86% of its potential fee for fiscal 2019, or $19.20 million of a potential $22.78 million.
The vendor claimed about $3.61 million of a potential $6.68 million in subjective fee. It also took home $15.59 million in performance based-incentives for tasks such as completing much of the structure for cell No. 1 of the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility at the Portsmouth Site, according to the new scorecard.
By successfully focusing on development of the $900 million facility designed to hold 2 million cubic yards of contaminated waste on-site, the Energy Department appears on-track for its first waste emplacement in fiscal 2020, according to the performance evaluation.
Flour-BWXT has done well in preparing for demolition of the X-326 process building and is also making strides in deactivating the X-333 uranium enrichment building, the scorecard says. The Energy Department contractor has indicated demolition of X-326 should start later this year.
The Energy Department “is frustrated with the delays in developing the air modeling report for the site,” according to the scorecard, which did not offer detail on the purpose of the report. However, Fluor-BWXT is credited for coordinating efforts to set up an integrated ambient air monitoring program involving DOE and state agencies.
On the downside, five notices of violation (NOVs) were issued to Fluor-BWXT in 2019, although the document did not indicate what the violations involved and what agencies issued them.
Fluor-BWXT earned 72% of its potential fee for fiscal 2018, or $17 million of a potential $24 million.
